(DECATUR, Ga.) Mae Heard Gay, 75, of Decatur, Ga., died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at Dekalb Medical Center, Decatur.Services will be Monday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. at Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Jeffery Rosser, C.H. Owens, Robert L. Heflin and William Phillips officiating. Burial will be in the Peace and…

(FIVE POINTS) Charles Foster, 76, of Five Points died Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at LaGrange Hospice. Mr. Foster was an Alabama native, born May 21, 1929. He had retired from the construction business, where he was a heavy equipment operator. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to LaGrange Hospice in…

(GADSDEN) Clara Mae Lattimore, 84, of Gadsden died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at Riverview Medical Center, Gadsden. Services will be Saturday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Lawrence Watts and the Rev. Tommie L. Finley officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Bethel U.M.C. Cemetery. Survivors include a…

Check Saturday morning for this week’s scores.

CASE NO. CV-2005-145 State of Alabama, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit Plaintiff Vs. Jimmy Collins, alias, and Mary Collins, Alias, any and all assets located in Account Number 1129163 at First Bank, Roanoke, Alabama, and any and all assets located in Account Number 612883 at Fort McClellan Credit Union, Roanoke,…

(MONTGOMERY) Services for Mary Reba McCarter Niver, 83, of Montgomery were Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Leak-Memory Chapel in Montgomery. The Rev. John Gaines officiated. Burial was in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Randolph County with the Rev. Gary Henderson officiating. Pallbearers were James Baker, Bruce Fussell, Grayson Simmons, Joe Champion,…

CASE NUMBER CV-2005-156 State of Alabama, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit Plaintiff Vs. Nine hundred ninety-four dollars ($994.00) in lawful currency of the United States of America, and Cory Cornell Johnson and Christine Johnson, and A, B and C, said defendants being those persons, known or unknown, who may claim…

(NEWELL) Services for Susie Mae Jackson, 88, of Newell will be Friday, Oct. 7, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Alfred Rutherford officiating. Graveside services will follow in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Hiram Ga., at 2 p.m. Central time. Mrs. Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 6, at Wedowee Hospital.…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV2005-161 Angela Campbell, Plaintiff Vs. Start at the West Right-of-way of Old Hwy. U.S. 431 where it joins the North Boundary of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 34, Township 18 South, Range 11 East; thence run South 26 degrees 51 minutes 14 seconds East 58.45 feet;…

RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNA MAE TAYLOR FRENCH, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Anna Mae Taylor French, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of Sept., 2005, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…

NO SPECIAL, PRIVATE, OR LOCAL LAW CAN BE PASSED, except in reference to fixing the time of holding courts, unless notice of the intention to apply therefore shall have been published, without cost to the State, in the county or counties where the matter or thing to be affected may be situated. The notice must…

CASE NUMBER CV05-159 Steven W. Biddy Plaintiff v. A parcel of land located in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 10, Township 21 South, Range 11 East, Randolph County, Alabama, said…

All four county teams can punch their tickets for the postseaon after Friday this coming Friday night. All they have to do is win, a task that should be a cakewalk for most of them. Here’s how it should play out. Childersburg (2-4) at Handley (5-1) If the Handley offense continues to stay in its…

Handley High School principal Jimmy Holley gave a presentation to Roanoke Board of Education highlighting new things going on at HHS during the board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday of last week. One of these is a newsletter to be mailed to parents at the mid-term of each trimester. Another is the Freshman Academy, a transitional…

ROANOKE – It took all of two plays for the Handley Tigers’ offense to find itself again. After recording zero first downs in last week’s 24-6 loss to Lineville, the Tigers got a 63-yard touchdown run from Marquinton Phillips on the game’s second play from scrimmage. That run sparked the offense and helped propel Handley…

(WEDOWEE) Services for William Idus “Bill” Braswell, 67, of Wedowee will be Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Corinth Baptist Church, with the Rev. Theron Williams officiating. Mr. Braswell will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Braswell died Tuesday,…

My thanks to those people who sent us donations in response to the Tailwagger column before last. This community lets me know in so many ways how you recognize that what we are doing here is badly needed and that you support us. Of course, the money is the major part of this, but I…

Many folks from Roanoke will be interested in seeing a new book by St. Petersburg, Fla., doll collector and author Jacque Shafer called Ella Smith and Alabama Dolls Scrapbook. A doll collector, costumer and restorer for many years, Shafer has given presentations about the Ella Smith doll at doll collectors’ conventions and has visited Roanoke…

MONTGOMERY — I have been a friend and admirer of Dr. David Bronner since the days when he was called a “Whiz Kid.” He has now reached the age where “Wheeze Kid” might be more appropriate. No matter, like him or not (and a lot of folks don’t), Bronner has done wonders with the Retirement…

I’ve been watching this Michael Vick phenomenon with rapt awe over the past few years, and I’ve just recently realized something that some of you may have already figured out. He’s not a quarterback. Michael Vick is playing the wrong position. And there are two big reasons why I think this is the case. First,…